Growth Metrics

Kirby (KEX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Kirby (KEX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 15.22%.

  • Kirby's Operating Margin rose 89700.0% to 15.22% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 14.75%, marking a year-over-year increase of 25300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 14.75% for FY2025, which is 25300.0% up from last year.
  • Per Kirby's latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 15.22% for Q4 2025, which was up 89700.0% from 14.83% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Kirby's Operating Margin ranged from a high of 15.41% in Q2 2025 and a low of 52.92% during Q3 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Operating Margin is 6.78%, with a median of 9.71% in 2023.
  • The largest annual percentage gain for Kirby's Operating Margin in the last 5 years was 797900bps (2021), contrasted with its biggest fall of -589400bps (2021).
  • Over the past 5 years, Kirby's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 5.34% in 2021, then soared by 48bps to 7.91% in 2022, then surged by 47bps to 11.61% in 2023, then plummeted by -46bps to 6.25% in 2024, then surged by 144bps to 15.22% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 15.22% in Q4 2025, 14.83% for Q3 2025, and 15.41% during Q2 2025.